PORTUGAL, PEDOPHILIA, THE ELITE, BUSINESS AS USUAL

I am stringing together three articles regarding the theft of children in Portugal. Last week a huge trial came to an end with unexpected results. That is the third part of this little trilogy.

The pedophile ring is international in scope and in the highest of circles so these articles are barely a drop in the proverbial ocean. People have trouble with this topic and tend to hide it away and pretend it does not exist, but it does. Until it touches their own lives, it just is not of their concern and those other parents had to be careless or neglectful. At the end I will provide a few links of my investigations into this horrendous topic for I have been interested in it for several years now.

Children are snatched, everywhere. There is a large movement in which someone can give a "shopping list" of wishes in a child and that child will be found for them, often through "look outs" in social agencies. This particular aspect is well covered in the piece by David Icke involving Holly Greig. Icke is quite on top of this whole affair and keeps his readers up to date on the horrendous doings by the British Government and their elite.

Beware most if your children are fair, blue eyed, beautiful and intelligent. These are the most desired for both blood ritual or, in the case of girls, for use as "breeders".

Aliester Crowley an extremely highly celebrated Freemason, "Father of Modern Satanism in the Western World" taught his disciples, high level Freemasons the following:

"But the bloody sacrifice, though more dangerous, is more efficacious; and for nearly all purposes human sacrifice is the best.

The animal should therefore be killed within the Circle, or the Triangle, as the case may be, so that its energy cannot escape. For the highest spiritual working one must accordingly choose that victim which contains the greatest and purest force. A male child of perfect innocence and high intelligence is the most satisfactory and suitable victim."

How did I first learn of these happenings on the planet? I was briefly married to such a child who escaped in young adulthood and was allowed to live so long as he continued to serve. When he refused to do evermore evil acts, he was eliminated. Over the years I leaned many things from other members of his family. No one ever really escapes once you are owned by these vicious beings.

One of my first blogs several years ago was on this topic of MK Ultra and pedophilia and it has been very upsetting to learn so much as I have over the years, but it is true. These children are flown around the world and nothing is said or questioned since they are on private or governmental aircraft. It is not for us Caucasians to look at the Jews or the Arabs or the Chinese or East Indians and speak in disgust at their practices in slavery because these horrors are very alive and well in Western culture.

At my YouTube Channel I have several playlists dedicated to victims of these situations and they tell their stories. Kathy O'Brien, Svalli, and others. These people escaped but tell amazing tales of survival and they also, since they are American, name many North American top politicians including the Bushes, Cheney and the recently deceased Senator Byrd. As well many stars are exposed.

http://www.youtube.com/user/NoorAlHaqiqa?feature=mhum

For selection just hit the PLAYLIST button on the very top and then to the extreme Right the button with the many small rectangles. MIND CONTROL before the names of the video will let you know the relevant films.

EVENTS IN PORTUGAL

PART ONE ~ A BRIEF HISTORY ~ Introduction to the results of the infamous paedophile trials just completed yesterday.

October 20, 2007

PORTUGAL IS A HAVEN FOR PAEDOPHILES

"Portugal is a paedophiles' paradise," said Mr Namora, now a lawyer campaigning on behalf of the Casa Pia victims. "If all the names come out, this will be an earthquake in Portugal. There is a massive, sophisticated network at play here ~ stretching from the government to the judiciary and the police.

"The network is enormous and extremely powerful. There are magistrates, ambassadors, police, politicians ~ all have procured children from Casa Pia. It is extremely difficult to break this down. These people cover for each other, because if one is arrested, they all are arrested. They don't want anyone to know."

A ferrari engine makes a deep, distinctive sound.

When the children at Portugal's most famous orphanage heard the sports car roaring down the driveway, fear swept through the dormitories.

Joao Ferreira Diniz, the prominent doctor who deliberately chose mute children.

The noise could mean only one thing: the man known as The Doctor was coming to call.

Yet this medical practitioner had no intention of adhering to the ancient Hippocratic Oath.

Instead, arriving at Casa Pia (House of the Pious), a 17th century Lisbon orphanage where more than 4,000 children are cared for each year behind high stone walls, the doctor would summon selected boys and girls from their beds for examinations one night each week.

Where possible, he chose deaf-mutes.

After checking that the children were not suffering from any sexual infections, the doctor was joined by the orphanage caretaker, known as Bibi, who ushered the unfortunate children outside to a waiting van.

With the doctor following in his red Ferrari, Bibi drove the van to the prestigious homes of some of the leading members of Lisbon society ~ ranging from Portuguese government ministers and high-ranking diplomats, to famous television stars and members of the judiciary.

There, the children were repeatedly sexually abused. Some were allegedly drugged to make them compliant; others were plied with alcohol.

This continued for years. Assaults were filmed; pictures of one attack were subsequently found at the home of a suspected paedophile in Paris.

According to medical records, the victims' injuries were horrific ~ and consistent with serious sexual assault and rape. In witness statements, many were able to describe in minute detail the homes where they were taken and identifying marks on the bodies of their abusers.

The existence of this so-called "magic circle" of the Portuguese establishment, allegedly involved in an international paedophile ring using boys and girls from Casa Pia, was last week likened to an earthquake waiting to shake Portugal to its foundations.

New allegations about the scale of the network will be put before the country's highest court within the next few weeks.

Amid rumours of links to other paedophile gangs across Europe and the U.S., international experts on child sex crimes and murders are expected to be in court when the case re-opens, four years after a group of victims broke a silence lasting more than 30 years.

But what relevance does this have to the disappearance of four-year-old Madeleine McCann in Praia da Luz, about 280km from Lisbon?

And what does it mean for Kate and Gerry McCann, who have not only had to cope with losing their child, but have also been subjects of a vicious campaign in the Portuguese press to smear them?

It is crucial for two reasons; first because it proves what international crime agencies have long suspected: that Portugal has become a magnet for predatory paedophiles from around the world, using the country's lax laws and preying on the high numbers of poor, abandoned children.

And second, because Paulo Rebelo, an urbane, methodical detective who led the Casa Pia paedophile inquiry, was last night finishing his first week as the new chief of the investigation into the disappearance of the British child.

Rebelo has replaced Goncalo Amaral, the "oafish" local police chief out of his depth in a case that has captured unprecedented world attention, with millions fascinated by the story of the girl snatched from her bed on holiday while her parents ate with friends 200 yards away.

The sight of the sweaty, corpulent Amaral in restaurants and cafes near the Portimao police headquarters had become commonplace since Madeleine disappeared.

While the McCanns were warned repeatedly they faced jail for speaking about the case, he was been overheard, during his daily three-hour lunches of wine and shellfish, accusing the couple of killing their daughter.

In one conversation with Portugal's ex-Formula One racing driver Pedro Lamy, Amaral revealed he was convinced the McCanns drugged their daughter and accidentally killed her. "The police case is we are sure the parents killed Madeleine. They are both doctors and know about drugs.

"We are confident in our case," he said.

In an effort to make up for lost time following Amaral's dismissal, Rebelo has recruited his own men from Lisbon. To the fury of the original officers, he has lost little time in sidelining them, bringing in two child sex experts from the Casa Pia case as well as homicide specialists and computer analysts ~ known as "the cleaners" due to their reputation for leaving no stone unturned.

According to senior police sources, he also launched a furious private attack on the 100 officers involved in the original inquiry, which he has now cut back to 40.

At a meeting, he accused some officers of having "closed minds" about who was guilty, saying that "pre-conceptions should be challenged".

In addition, he oversaw raids on more than 70 suspected paedophiles, whose computers were searched last week for images of Madeleine or other evidence of criminal sexual acts. Although by last night Rebelo had failed to make a breakthrough, sources say it is a clear sign, along with reports that Russian child traffickers may be involved, of a strand of his current thinking.

In a Lisbon café, an associate of Rebelo told the Mail: "The Casa Pia case had a deep affect on Paulo. You come across things that are appalling and cruel. But you get a feeling that there are some seriously bad people in the world, and some of them are here. He does not rule anything out."

So, after enduring months of soul-destroying leaks from the Portuguese police ~ from claims that they drugged Madeleine and then disposed of her body, to allegations that Gerry was not even her real father ~ the McCanns are no longer the sole focus of the Portuguese police investigation.

But the nightmare goes on. A group of officers loyal to Amaral are still leaking smears to the Portuguese press.

The latest?

That bodily fluids from Madeleine's corpse were found in the boot of the couple's hire care and that "background checks" were to be carried out on Gerry McCann's laptop. And then the police "sources" claimed that Kate killed Madeleine without telling Gerry, and that the body was "refrigerated" before being dumped up to 25 days later.

His career in tatters and now back on desk duties in Faro, Amaral faces a criminal hearing in the case of another missing child, Joana Cipriano, after being accused of concealing evidence that the girl's mother was tortured into confessing to her murder.

Amaral and his colleagues face countless unanswered questions about mistakes in the original police investigation into Maddie's disappearance, such as failing to ensure the McCanns' apartment was sealed off for forensics. (This did not happen until the next day, by which time the McCanns, their friends, resort staff and detectives had traipsed through, destroying potentially vital evidence.)

They also failed to seal off the Mark Warner Ocean Club resort. No roadblocks were set up and police on the Spanish border ~ two hours' drive away ~ were not alerted for 12 hours. Staff were only quizzed 60 hours later. And the CCTV footage from a busy main road was never studied. The list of mistakes goes on.

While the shift in the investigation may ease the intolerable pressure on the McCanns, it will do little to console them.

As well as growing fears that Madeleine was abducted by a paedophile ring, they can have little hope of justice when leading Portuguese figures are allegedly involved in covering-up their own child sex scandal.

Both cases ~ the two highest profile criminal investigations in the country since the end of the Portuguese military dictatorship in 1974 ~ have been riven by allegations of compromised police officers, high-level interference and vicious, virulent attacks on key witnesses.

Pedro Namora, a former Casa Pia orphan who witnessed 11 rapes on fellow orphans, during which they were tied to their beds, sympathizes with the McCanns. He believes elements in the force have conspired to suppress both scandals, fearing damage to the country's reputation.

"Portugal is a paedophiles' paradise," said Mr Namora, now a lawyer campaigning on behalf of the Casa Pia victims. "If all the names come out, this will be an earthquake in Portugal. There is a massive, sophisticated network at play here ~ stretching from the government to the judiciary and the police.

"The network is enormous and extremely powerful. There are magistrates, ambassadors, police, politicians ~ all have procured children from Casa Pia. It is extremely difficult to break this down. These people cover for each other, because if one is arrested, they all are arrested. They don't want anyone to know."

Pedro Namora in the days of his victimization ar Casa Pia.

Now 44, Mr Namora watched as friends sank into alcoholism, drug addiction and death after their traumatic childhood experiences at Casa Pia. "I was the only one who made it," he said. "What could I do? I couldn't keep silent."

He has received death threats and warnings about what will happen to his own children, after taking up the case when an orphan called "Joel" approached him, saying prominent paedophiles were using Casa Pia as a "supermarket for children".

Mr Namora has been threatened after fighting on behalf of the abused children he grew up with.

After being telephoned by a stranger offering to pay off his mortgage, he was told the exact movements of his own three children, and warned that they and their father would come to a grisly end unless he shut up.

Pedro Namora, a strong man, happy to be alive fighting
to assure his friends did not die in vain.

An open, warm man, Mr Namora makes an unlikely conspiracy theorist ~ But he believes the case, which he brought to light in 2003, will underscore Portugal's growing attraction for paedophiles, which has seen six children disappear in recent years.

One reason for this attraction is that the law was quietly relaxed last year, ahead of the forthcoming trial, meaning that repeat offenses against the same child would merit only a single charge ~ and a lesser sentence.

Carlos Silvino

In echoes of the McCanns' ordeal, the initial investigation was badly handled when allegations of abuse were first made at Casa Pia in 1982. Carlos Silvino, the man known as Bibi, was linked to rapes and assaults, but police "lost" pictures showing prominent Lisbon politicians with him and the children.

Ritto, a former Portuguese ambassador

He was only charged after dozens of children came forward in 2003. They also accused Jorge Ritto, a former Portuguese ambassador, of child abuse. Ritto, it transpired, had also once been sent home in disgrace from a posting in Germany after an incident involving a young boy in a park.

The conspiracy did not end there. Teresa Costa Macedo, a former secretary of state for the family, has revealed that she knew about the attacks in the early Eighties ~ and that she had alerted General Antonio Ramalho Eanes, the then Portuguese president, about the allegations.

Mrs Costa Macedo, who remained silent for two decades after being warned she would be killed if she spoke, now says that the caretaker "was just one element in a huge paedophile network that involved important people in our country. It wasn't just him [the caretaker]. He was a procurer of children for well-known people who range from diplomats and politicians to people linked to the media".

While still a government minister, Costa Macedo handed police "photographs, an account of the methods used to spirit children out of the orphanage and testimonies of a number of children". Many of the photographs were found at ex-ambassador Jorge Ritto's house.

Police reportedly found four children locked up
who had been missing from Casa Pia.

Under armed guard at a safe house last week, Bibi could count himself a lucky man. He originally faced allegations that he had sexually assaulted more than 600 children. That has since been reduced to 30. Silvino has hinted at the high-level of the conspiracy, saying: "They can't touch me ~ there are too many people involved."

This is the very same attitude that prevails in the horrid Holly Grieg situation in the UK, both England and Scotland. In this situation a father prostituted his Downs Syndrome daughter for years threatening the life of her puppy if she refused or told her mother! The case hits the highest echelons of society as with Dutroux as seen in that film.

HOLLIE GRIEG ~ FABRIC OF THE WEB ~ DAVID ICKE

Carloz Cruz

Following Ritto's arrest, the police questioned Carloz Cruz, known as Portugal's "Mr Television", and Joao Diniz, a high- society doctor and driver of the red Ferrari. The network allegedly went further. Paulo Pedroso, a government minister, was arrested and quizzed about 15 cases of child sexual abuse.

Paulo Pedroso

Amid allegations that paedophile networks have become endemic in Portugal ~ the European police force Interpol has named the country as one of the worst offenders in Europe ~ there are fears that the Casa Pia scandal will come to eclipse Belgium's notorious Marc Dutroux case, in which the arrest of a notorious procurer for the famous, also a paedophile and child murderer revealed a sordid picture of judicial and political corruption.

It is interesting how the Jewish/Russian/Italian ring, which was the equal to any of these situations is never mentioned. Indeed never even made the western press!

The truth behind these crimes is the same no matter who the fall guy is covering for. It is the unbearably elite and you will see in this short video.

Of course, the Casa Pia case may have no direct link to the disappearance of Madeleine, but the culture in which such a serious child abuse network was allowed to operate is the same culture that pervades the whole of Portugal. Was it this attitude that led to the bungled initial investigation in the McCann case?

Perhaps the appointment of the man who exposed the Casa Pia scandal will give the parents of Maddie hope that a proper investigation will now discover the truth.

PART TWO~ MEANWHILE CHILDREN STILL DISAPPEAR

December 6, 2008

Portugal, dangerous place for children:

Here you find some of the crimes that took place after the charges were laid in the CASA PIA scandal. Children still went missing, including Maddy McCann. What has happened to René Hasee and to other children missing in Portugal:

During a vacation 6 year old René disappeared on the 19th June 1996 about 6pm on the beach of Amoreiras close to Aljezur (Portugal).

It is shocking to realize how many children have snatched in Portugal. Non-family abductions are usually rare and Portugal is small country, but in Portugal there are all too many of them.

These children, many of them now adults, if still alive, were never seen again by their loved ones. And they need closure. They deserve to know what happened to their sons and daughters, who were snatched from their simple and normal lives.


Jorge Sepúlveda: missing since 15/08/1991 ~ 14 years old in 1991 disappeared from Massarelos, Porto. Jorge has a brown birth mark near his navel.










Cláudia Alexandra Silva e Sousa: missing since 13/05/1994 - 7 years old in 1994; disappeared from her hometown in Oleiros - Vila Verde. The child has a 10 cm scar in her right thigh, a scar in her lower lip and another in a finger.












João Teles: missing since 06/10/1998 - 16 years old in 1998; disappeared from Câmara dos Lobos, Madeira.











Rui Pedro Mendonça: missing since 04/03/1998 - 11 years old in 1998; taken from his town of Lousada. It is now believed that this child was taken abroad and is in the in the hands of a pedophile network.









Rui Pereira: missing since 02/03/1999 - 13 years old in 1999; a boy from Vila Nova Famalicão. Rui has a small scar near his left eye, a scar between his upper lip and his right nostril and a big birth mark on his back.









Sofia Oliveira: missing since 22/02/2004 - 2 years old in 2004: kidnapped from her mother's home, in Câmara dos Lobos, Madeira. Her father took her without her mother's knowledge and somehow the child got lost after that.










Joana Cipriano: missing since September 2004 - 8 years old in 2004; last seen in Portimão, Algarve.








Tatiana Mendes or Odete Freman or Odete Frima: missing since May 2005 - 7 years old in 2005; she was "adopted" by a couple with her mother's acceptance. She traveled to Portugal in May 2004, however a year later her adopting mother said that the young girl was given to another person and that, still in the year 2004, the girl had died in a traffic accident somewhere in the area of Badajoz/Espanha.






Ana Santos: missing since 15/06/2005 - 15 years old in 2005; last seen in Montijo, Setúbal.











Sara Raquel Pinho Reis: missing since 23/02/2007 - 17 years old in 2007; disappeared from her hometown in Trofa - Porto.









Madeleine Beth Mccann: missing since 03/05/2007 - 4 years old in 2007; disappeared from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Lagos,Portugal.










Rita Marques Cardoso Santos: missing since 01/08/2007 - 16 years old in 2007; She was last seen in the area of Chelas - Lisbon.







Pamela Matias Santos: missing since 23/09/2007 - 17 years old in 2007; disappeared from Santarém.









Jacira Rocha Gomes: missing since 23/11/2007 - 17 years old in 2007; the missing girl studies in the 8º grade of the secondary school D. Luísa de Gusmão, in the area of Penha de França, Lisbon. There were sightings in Moita, Vale de Amoreira e Cidade Sol, no Barreiro.






Rebeca dos Anjos Cardoso missing since 23/03/2008 - 15 years old in 2008; Lost nearby Massamá Sintra. Wearing at the time,denim trousers and white pullover.





But here are not all missing children, according to Instituto de Apoio à Criança in 2006 disappeared in Portugal 31 children. Of these 31 cases, five were of children under the age of six and 17 related to children between the ages of 11 and 15, with 54 per cent of children going missing from the Lisbon area along. Unfortunately, only 24 of the 31 missing children have so far been found and two of those were found already dead.

http://www.portugalresident.com/portugalresident/showstory.asp?ID=19001

That means there is still 7 missing children disappeared in 2006, but who they are? No names, no images?

"Sadly, reported cases of missing children have increased since the SOS phone line was created in 1988."

But Instituto de Apoio à Criança tells us not anymore how many children are missing in Portugal, because there is new organization for this: and leader of this organization is Portuguese Association for Missing ChildrenPaulo Pereira Cristovao:. This is the same man who together with Amaral fabricated unbelievable lies (paedo-tom-tom) against Madeleine's parents, was one of the Joanas mother's assaulters and wrote books about Joana and Madeleine.

HEAD of Portugal's new foundation for missing children:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-501093/McCanns-arrested-abandoning-Madeleine-missing-childrens-boss-says.html

Increasing of disappearances of children reminds me what happened before Casa Pia scandal broke.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/nov/27/childprotection.uk





"Investigators from the Swiss-based Innocence in Danger group, which claims children regularly disappear from the poorer streets of Portuguese towns and cities, say they too have been harassed and threatened."

Casa Pia scandal broke in September 2002 half year after Barroso's party Social Democratic Party ousted the socialists in March 2002, he promised to bring life and honor back into the Casa Pia child's homes and allow new director Catalina Pestana reform to the institution. As a result, several senior staff of Casa Pia were fired after the 2002 revelations.

But when the Socialists got to the power again 2005 (Most of Casa Pia abusers were linked in Socialist Party) they began to advocate the Casa Pia charges down and they relaxed law, ahead of the forthcoming Casa Pia trial (if it never comes), which means that repeat offences against the same child would merit only a single charge ~ and a lesser sentence.

Most of men linked in Casa Pia scandal (Carlos Cruz, known in Portugal as "Mr. Television"; Manuel Abrantes, a former director of Casa Pia; Joao Ferreira Diniz, a doctor at Casa Pia; Jorge Ritto, a former ambassador to UNESCO; Hugo Marcal, Carlos Silvino's former attorney; Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, Portugal's Socialist Party leader; television talk show host Herman Jose; and Paulo Pedroso, a former Labour minister are free men now despite testimonies against them and abuse in Casa Pia orphanages still continues according to Catalina Pestana (Casa Pia II).

"The latest moves in both the McCann case and the Casa Pia investigation also come days after explosive ‘tell-all’ revelations in the weekend broadsheet newspaper Sol by retired Casa Pia director Catalina Pestana, in which she claimed sexual abuses of minors within the state-run establishment for orphans and children at risk were “still going on”.

http://portugalresident.com/portugalresident/showstory.asp?ID=22176

Part two from the Madeleine is Still Missing Blog

PART THREE ~ "JUSTICE" AT LAST WITH ACTUAL CHARGES LAID

September 4, 2010

Former orphanage director Catalina Pestana
embraces abuse victim Pedro Namora
at the court in Lisbon yesterday

By Jerome Taylor

Saturday, 4 September 2010

Politicians among abusers

who preyed on state-run orphanages.

Surprise surprise?

To most people Portugal's state-run orphanages seemed like a safe haven for thousands of children who had been robbed of their parents. They were called the Casa Pia, or Houses of the Pious.

But for an elite paedophile ring, which included a former ambassador and a prominent television celebrity, Casa Pia orphanages were something entirely different. They were supermarkets stocked with children to abuse.

Sounds like America and Britain, doesn't it?

BEYOND HEARTLESS, SOULLESS, STEALING CHILDREN FOR THE STATE

Yesterday, at the conclusion of the longest trial in Portugal's history, seven defendants were convicted of using the orphanages to rape and abuse scores of teenage boys in a case that has sent shockwaves through the country's political elite and raised serious concerns over the efficiency of Portugal's judiciary. Six of the seven were given jail terms of between five and 18 years.

The trial, in Lisbon's top criminal court, is thought to be the largest ever undertaken by Portugal's court system. Over five and half years, more than 800 witnesses, including 32 alleged victims, gave evidence detailing how a paedophile ring used the orphanages to source children for wealthy and influential clients.

The sentencing document alone, of which judges spent most of yesterday reading a summary, runs to 2,000 pages.

Two of those found guilty included Carlos Cruz, a popular television chat-show host with 30 years in show business, and Jorge Ritto, a former ambassador once sent home in disgrace from a posting in Germany over allegations that he had been having an improper relationship with a young boy in a park.

Ambassador Jorge Ritto's Freemason apron.Hmm. Pedophile? Freemason?

Their co-defendants included Carlos Silvino, an orphanage driver who would ferry children to paedophile houses;

Manuel Abrantes, a former deputy principal at an orphanage;

solicitor Hugo Marcal;

Gertrude Nunes, the only female defendant who allowed her house to be used by the paedophile ring.

The successful convictions, eight years after the paedophile scandal was exposed, is a major victory for Portuguese police, under intense criticism over their handling of the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

One of the lead detectives in the Casa Pia case, Paulo Rebelo, also investigated the Madeleine McCann disappearance after the original lead investigator was sacked. Rebelo and his team of forensic investigators ~ called "the cleaners" because they leave no stones unturned ~ are said to have played a pivotal role in securing the convictions.

But the trial was dogged by accusations that witnesses had been intimidated, and allegations that senior politicians turned a blind eye to the abuse to protect friends.

Reports that paedophiles were using Casa Pia orphanages to source victims surfaced in the early 1980s but they were swept under the carpet.

Teresa Costa Macedo, a senior government official, said she informed the country's then president, General Ramalho Eanes, and provided photographic evidence. But the photographs were "lost" by police and Mrs Macedo said she was also intimidated by phone calls from anonymous callers.

"They said they would kill me, flay me and a lot of other things," she recalled.

The current trial began in 2004 after a lengthy investigation started by nine boys who had been at one of the homes in Lisbon accused several people of sexual abuse between 1998 and 2001. Their decision to come forward prompted hundreds more witnesses to speak out and has lead to a tripling in the number of child-abuse investigations across Portugal.

Victims have told investigators that abuse at Casa Pia orphanages ~ of which there about 10 around the country ~ occurred as far back as the 1970s but most witness testimonies used for the trial came from victims who were abused during the 1990s. Prosecutors still believe there are more victims out there too scared to talk.

The prosecution's case centred around Silvino, known to the paedophile ring as "Bibi". The 53-year-old confessed to 639 charges relating to the abuse of children or procuring them for others, and testified against the other defendants. He admitted he had used the orphanages to collect victims and delivered them to co-defendants such as Cruz who, Silvino claimed, paid cash.

Cruz has denied the accusations and claimed in press interviews during the trial that he was the victim of prejudice from one of the three judges trying the case. Yesterday the 68-year-old dismissed the verdict built on "lies and manipulation", adding: "This is one of the most monstrous judicial mistakes in Portuguese history."

He and the other defendants are expected to appeal. It is not clear whether the defendants would be jailed with an appeal pending.

Alvaro Carvalho, a psychiatrist who has counseled the victims and was in court with some them yesterday, said they were nervous as they awaited the verdict. "They calmed down when the judge ruled that the crimes were proven," Mr Carvalho told reporters. "In a way, it's society making reparation for what happened to them."

Pedro Namora, a former resident of a Casa Pia orphanage who says he was abused, became a lawyer and played a pivotal role in the prosecution. "These men have to be condemned," he said. "They committed barbarous crimes against humanity."

The scandal that went right to the top

João Ferreira Diniz

A wealthy doctor, Diniz was arrested in January 2003 near his office in Belem, Lisbon. He insisted on his innocence throughout the trial. He has been sentenced to seven years in jail after being found guilty of abusing two children. His accusers claimed they had been abused by him at a house in Elvas, owned by co-defendant Gertrude Nunes.

Jorge Ritto

One of the most high-profile figures to be caught up in Portugal's largest paedophile ring, Ritto was once a career diplomat with a glittering career. He retired in 2002 after serving as Portugal's ambassador to Unesco. During the trial it emerged that he was sent home from a posting in Stuttgart in the early 1980s after allegations surfaced that he had been caught in an "improper relationship" with a boy in a park. He denied all charges in the Casa Pia trial. He was jailed for six years.

Carlos Cruz

Once voted "Portugal's most popular man", Carlos Cruz has spent three decades as one of the country's most recognisable television personalities. The 68-year-old fronted a number of successful shows during his career in the media and famously married a wife who is three decades his junior. He was arrested in 2003. He has repeatedly alleged that his arrest was the result of "a vendetta". Cruz is now facing a seven-year jail sentence.

The trial in numbers

800 witnesses and experts gave evidence in the case.

4,500 people were cared for at Casa Pia homes for children in need.

639 crimes were confessed to by ex-Casa Pia driver Carlos Silvino.

2,000 pages: the length of the sentencing document.

32 victims were identified during the near six-year trial.

Portugal child sex case dropped

Portugal scandal MP reinstated

Portugal awakens to horror of abuse

Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal

Portugal rocked by child sex scandal

School Pedophilia Scandal Shakes Portuguese Society

Portugal child sex trial begins

Beyond the Dutroux Affair

Prince Andrew's friend, Ghislaine Maxwell, some underage girls and a very disturbing story

The Case Against Dr. Sidney Siemer

The Reality of the Cycle of Abuse

Mind Control Slavery and the New World Order

Operation Predator

Child migrant recalls his 'stolen life'

Australia 'sorry' for child abuse

Child migrant apology 'will help'

Ordeal of Australia's child migrants

Australian church apologies to child migrants

THE BROTHERS GRIM

MY OWN WORK ON THESE ISSUES:

THE PEDOPHILE PROTECTION ACT ~ WHO SPONSORED IT?

GERMAN SEX ED FOR BABIES ~ DESTRUCTIVE TO THE FAMILY

BEYOND HEARTLESS, SOULLESS, STEALING CHILDREN FOR THE STATE

JEW "HONOURED" TO BE PART OF GLOBAL CHILD PORNOGRAPHY RING

PEDOPHILIA PERMISSABLE IN EUROPE IF YOU ARE POWERFUL!

PEDOPHILIA: THE TALMUD'S DIRTY SECRET

ALASKA ~ PEDOPHILE'S PARADISE

PORNOGRAPHY IN THE CLASSROOM

MK ULTRA AND MIND CONTROL IN THE WHITE HOUSE

GORDON BROWN APOLOGIZES TO CHILD MIGRANTS SENT ABROAD

HOLLIE GRIEG ~ FABRIC OF THE WEB ~ DAVID ICKE